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Everyone went ashore and was about to rest for a few days, when they received the task of going to sea again.

This time, it was Zhang Tiansheng, deputy commander of the Navy, who led the team, and two ships of the North Sea Fleet accompanied them on a visit abroad.

The scale of this visit abroad was not too large, a destroyer, an integrated supply ship.

The destroyer was Shenyang, which was the one where Yang Wenbin was, so it was fortunate that Yang Wenbin also accompanied the visit.

With the transformation of China's navy from a yellow-water navy to a blue-water navy, and the number of opportunities to go to sea and the ocean has increased, the fleet's overseas visits have become the norm. It is also an opportunity to enhance communication and exchange between the navies of various countries.

After supplying the ship with food, vegetables, and other materials, the visiting formation organized by the missile destroyer Shenyang and the integrated supply ship Taiyuan set off.

The route of this voyage, compared with the last time, is almost the same, out of the Bohai Bay, into the Yellow Sea, and then to the East China Sea, through the Taiwan Strait, to the South China Sea.

After a thirty-six-hour voyage, the ship formation left the South China Sea and entered the Strait of Malacca.

The Strait of Malacca is a waterway connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans, trending southeast to northwest. Its northwest end is connected to the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean and to the southeast to the South China Sea. With a total length of about 1,080 kilometers, the widest part of the northwest is 370 kilometers, the narrowest part of the southeast is 37 kilometers, and the water depth is 25 to 150 meters.

The Straits are currently administered by Singapool, Malaysia and Indonesia.

At the eastern end of the strait, there is the world's largest port, Singapur, which is busy with shipping. About 100,000 ships, most of them oil tankers, pass through the strait every year.

Due to its busy shipping schedule and unique geographical location, the Strait of Malacca is known as the "Crossroads of the Sea".

It is the busiest waterway in the world. Ships have to queue up to pass by. In particular, large oil tankers, container ships and warships have to make an appointment to pass.

Coming from the Indian Ocean are large oil tankers and container ships.

Some containers dock at the port in Singapur, unload the containers, and then transfer them out.

In a city-state like Singapo, Yang Wenbin couldn't understand how it survived, but now he finally understands.

Because it is located at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca, an important passage between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

As long as each cargo ship passes through it pays a little transit tax, it will be developed. What's more, it's not just a matter of taxes, it's also about entrepot trade.

In the sixties and seventies of the last century, Singapur used to be part of Malaysia.

Later, due to historical opportunity, Singapo was separated from Malaysia.

Therefore, without the control of foreign forces, it would have been impossible for Singapo to become independent at that time.

Country M has a strong army stationed in Singapo.

In fact, militarily it enjoys the protection of country M.

It protects the Singapo, but also protects the international trade lanes and controls the international strategic routes.

In the event of war, as long as the Strait of Malacca is closed, then the convenient passage of communication between the Indian and Pacific Oceans will be cut off.

Countries in Asia, such as China, South Korea, and Japan, will be cut off from their energy channels and will fall into an energy crisis.

Therefore, on the issue of energy channels, China is controlled by others.

The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China have jointly organized a training course for mayors, and the mayors of some large cities in China have been selected to come here for a period of training and learn from the experience of urban management.

The formation of warships waited for three hours before they began to pass through the Strait of Malacca, a short journey of several hundred miles, and after walking for more than 10 hours, they finally entered the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean, which is regarded by India as his own backyard, feels that his naval strength is very powerful, except that he has no way to deal with the M Army and the E Army.

So in South Asia, it has always been reckless, dominating and hegemonizing.

For example, he annexed Sikkim, took control of Bhutan, and dismembered Pakistan. It also desperately exerts influence on its southern neighbors, Sri Lanka and Maldives, and tries to control it.

The state, no matter how big or small, like the psychology of a normal person, no one wants to be easily controlled.

Therefore, in diplomacy, they are also seeking a balance between countries, and use their strength to defeat them.

The first stop of our naval formation was Maldives, a maritime ----country known as "Asia, the last paradise on earth in the Indian Ocean."

Maldives is an archipelagic country in the Indian Ocean, with a total area of 90,000 square kilometers, a land area of 298 square kilometers, and an average altitude of 1.8 meters.

The Equatorial Strait and the One and a Half Straits in the south of the country are the main routes for maritime communication. Known as "the necklace that God threw on the world",

The country is about 600 kilometers from the south of India, about 750 miles from the southwest of Sri Lanka, 820 kilometers long from north to south, 130 kilometers wide from east to west, and consists of 26 groups of natural atolls, 1,192 coral islands, constituting 20 atolls, distributed in the sea area of 90,000 square kilometers, of which 200 are inhabited islands.

These reef groups are divided into 21 administrative districts, including 19 administrative atolls, as well as the municipalities of Male and Addu.

The capital, Mare is located on the island of the same name, with an area of about 1.5 square kilometers and a population of 180,000.

It is the political and economic center of the country, and it is also a port, and in addition to fishing and seafood processing, tourism is also developing rapidly, and an international airport has been built.

Maldives pursues a foreign policy of peace, independence and non-alignment, is friendly with all countries that respect the independence and sovereignty of Maldives, attaches importance to developing relations with India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka and Arab countries, vigorously seeks assistance from international organizations and other countries, and actively participates in the activities of the Non-Aligned Movement and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

In Chinese history, Maldives is known as the "country of mountains" or "the country of foreign countries". Fourteen years after Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Yusuf, the king of Maldives, sent envoys to China three times. Zheng He's entourage Ma Huan's "Yingya Shenglan" and Fei Xin's "Xingcha Shenglan" have detailed records of the geographical location, climate, products, customs and folklore of Maldives.

The Mare Museum displays locally excavated Chinese porcelain and coins, reflecting the history of China's friendly exchanges and trade relations with the Maldives.

The Chinese fleet's visit was made at the invitation of President Maldives.

The ship slowly sailed into Port Mare .

On the shore, the Deputy Minister of Defense and National Security of Maldives, Asim Ahmed, led by the military band, was already waiting there!

With a long whistle, the destroyer slowly approached the harbor.

The gangway opened, and Zhang Tiansheng, deputy commander of the navy, got off the warship with his interpreters and accompanying visitors.

The Deputy Minister of Defense and State Security of Maldives greeted each other, shook hands with each other, and welcomed the visit of the Chinese warship.

Subsequently, the members of the delegation entered the conference room of the Ministry of Defence and National Security of Maldives in a vehicle provided by Maldives, where the two sides had a friendly conversation.

Vice Minister Ma extended a warm welcome to the Chinese fleet and praised them as envoys of Sino-Mala friendship.

At the same time, the Chinese side expressed the greetings of the Chinese Minister of National Defense to the Minister of Defence and National Security of the Malese side and welcomed his visit to China at an appropriate time.

The two sides also discussed the issue of China's assistance to Malaysia in building a naval base.

The 3.1 billion yuan naval base, just a few kilometres northwest of the capital, Malé, includes the construction of mooring facilities, maintenance depots, and training facilities and barracks for troops.

The economic and trade cooperation between China and Malaysia began in the eighties of the last century, when the two countries resumed direct trade. In March last year, the two sides signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement between the two governments.

Since the 70s of the last century, China has been providing free assistance to the Malese side in the construction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, the National Museum and other projects.

At the same time, the personnel on the ship, according to the needs, contacted the personnel of Mafang Port to supply food, vegetables, oil and other navigation and life support materials.